Swasi care is supportive care, provided alongside your existing medical treatment.

Physician-prescribed care

Kizhi

Warm herbal bundles — of leaves, powder, rice, lemon, sand, salt or egg — applied to the body with rhythmic pressure. Kizhi is the Tamil and Malayalam word for the bundle itself.

8 procedures

In this group

Elakizhi

30 mins – 1 hour

Medicinal leaves fried in oil, tied into cloth bundles, warmed and applied with rhythmic pressure.

Muttakizhi

30 mins – 1 hour

Bundles prepared with egg and herbal ingredients, warmed in medicated oil and applied to the body.

Njavarakizhi

30 mins – 1 hour

Njavara rice cooked in milk and herbal decoction, tied in cloth and applied warm.

Narangakizhi

30 mins – 1 hour

Bundles of lemon and herbs, warmed in oil and applied to one area or the whole body.

Podikizhi

30 mins – 1 hour

Bundles of dry herbal powder, warmed and applied with pressure.

Dhanyamla Kizhi

30 mins – 1 hour

Bundles dipped in warm dhanyamla — a fermented liquid made from grains — and applied to the body.

Manal Kizhi

30 mins – 1 hour

Bundles of heated sand, applied dry without oil.

Lavana Kizhi

30 mins – 1 hour

Bundles of heated rock salt, applied to one area or the whole body.

Prescribed, not chosen

The therapies in this catalogue are medical therapies, not spa or relaxation services. Each is taken only after consultation, prescribed according to your health, and performed under the guidance of a qualified physician. We may decline a therapy if it is not suitable for you.

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